RESOLUTION AGE 1/2004

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL WINE AND VINE OFFICE,

IN VIEW OF Article 17 paragraph 1 of the Agreement establishing the International Organisation of Vine and Wine, adopted in Paris on 3 April 2001 (hereinafter referred to as « the Agreement ») provides that "the Agreement, as amended, establishing the International Wine and Vine Office, adopted in Paris on 29 November 1924 (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement of 29 November 1924), shall be terminated by the unanimous decision of the first General Assembly following the entry into force of this Agreement, unless all Parties to the Agreement have unanimously agreed, prior to the entry into force of this Agreement, on conditions for its termination”;

WHEREAS Resolution Comex 1/2002 adopted in Bratislava related to the termination of the Agreement of 29 November 1924 establishing the International Wine and Vine Office, which decided that the day following the first General Assembly of the « International Organisation of Vine and Wine » and subject to the formal approval of all those party to the Agreement of 29 November 1924:

1. The Agreement of 29 November 1924 is terminated,
2. "The International Wine and Vine Office" transfers all its assets and liabilities to the "International Organisation of Vine and Wine" which shall replace the Office with regard to all its rights and obligations;

WHEREAS obtaining the formal approval of all those party to the Arrangement of 29 November 1924 constitute a suspensive condition to the enactment of the decision as formulated in Resolution Comex 1/2002,

NOTING that further to the deposit of thirty one instruments of acceptance, ratification or accession, the Agreement of 3 April 2001 establishing the International Organisation of Vine and Wine entered into force on 1 January 2004 as per the provisions of Article 16 paragraph 1 of the mentioned Agreement,

WHEREAS not all the parties to the Agreement of 29 November 1924 have forwarded a confirmation of the decision formulated in Resolution Comex 1/2002 or their formal agreement to this decision, to the depository,

ASCERTAINS the lack of unanimity of the states party to the Agreement of 29 November 1924 to agree to the termination conditions of the mentioned Agreement.

ASCERTAINS that the non realisation of a suspensive condition in Resolution Comex 1/2002 renders the resolution void. It is up to the Inaugural General Assembly of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine to decide on the termination of the Agreement of 29 November 1924 in compliance with the provisions of Article 17 paragraph 1 of the Agreement of 3 April 2001.